Totnes-Vire (Photo: Raleigh GAC)
Jonathan Tiernan-Locke finished second on stage three of Totnes-Vire in Devon on Sunday, but the race was delayed by 20 minutes before the final climb as a trailer-load of chickens in crates blocked the road.
On the third of four laps, starting and finishing in Okehampton, the peloton was held up by by the accident, with some riders taking shelter in cars and borrowing coats from spectators in an attempt to keep warm, according to the Torquay Herald Express.
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